Manuals

Sorting Layer

NineChronicles GameObjects are sorted based on the Sorting Layer.

NineChronicles sorting layer list

• InGameBackground
• InGameBackgroundVFX
• Character
• CharacterVFX
• InGameForeground
• InGameForegroundVFX
• UI
• VFX
• SystemUI

UI

UI is managed by Canvas in Game.unity scene. UI uses two sorting layers, and there are detailed layers below them.

Sorting Layer - UI

Name	Order
Hud	0
Widget	10
StaticLayer	20
Popup	30
Animation	40
Tooltip	50
TutorialMask	60
Screen	70

Sorting Layer - SystemUI

Name	Order
System	0
Development	10

Widget

UI is managed with widget. A widget belongs to a layer with the same name as the WidgetType.

WidgetType	Layer Name	Sorting Layer
Hud	Hud	UI
Widget	Widget	UI
StaticLayer	StaticLayer	UI
Popup	Popup	UI
Animation	Animation	UI
Tooltip	Tooltip	UI
TutorialMask	TutorialMask	UI
Screen	Screen	UI
System	System	SystemUI
Development	Development	SystemUI

UI Prefab

UI prefabs have UI_ prefixed. Add 'type' to the suffix to the object that inherited Widget. (e.g : WidgetType - Popup -> UI_HelpPopup)

• UI Prefab Location

Skill

How the skills actually selected in Nine Chronicles

+---------------------+
|      Get skills     |
|   with 0 cooldown   |  ** default attack skill cooldown is always 0
|                     |
+---------------------+
          |
          |
          V
/---------------------\       +---------------------+
|      Have only      |  Yes  |         Use         |
|   default attack    | ----> |   default attack    |
|        skill?       |       |        skill        |
\---------------------/       +---------------------+
          |
          | No
          V
+---------------------+
|    Sum chance of    |  e.g., Skill A - chance 50%
|      all skills     |        Skill B - chance 30%
| call it 'sumChance' |        Sum : 80% = 50%(Skill A) + 30%(Skill B)
+---------------------+
          |
          |
          V
/---------------------\       +---------------------+
| random range : 0~99 |  Yes  |         Use         |
| random > sumChance  | ----> |   default attack    |
|                     |       |        skill        |
\---------------------/       +---------------------+
          |
          | No
          V
+---------------------+
|       Select        |  ** Use WeightedSelector to select skills.
|    skill based on   |     WeightedSelector decisions based on
|    weight(chance)   |     each choice's proportion of the total weight.
+---------------------+
          |
          | Yes
          V
+---------------------+
|         Use         |
|    selected skill   |
|        skill        |
+---------------------+